HIMALAYA MICROPOEMS (Satis Shroff)

HIMALAYA MICROPOEMS (Satis Shroff)

I stay in my tent
Dream of cherry blossoms
And a blonde in kimono.

* * *
Lights flicker in Mahabharat mountains
The air smells of rhododendrons
The splendour of the Himalayas.

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HIMALAYA MICROPOEMS (Satis Shroff)

The fishtailed one appears
Gleaming in silvery moonshine
Mirrored on placid Phewa lake.
* * *
Winter is here
The magic of snowy landscape
Out with the snowboots.
 

* * *
Snowflakes falling from Heaven
Frau Holle is dusting blankets
Gott sei Dank my heater works
* * *
Clouds waltz in the sky
Men are out to conquer
The holy Himalayan peaks.

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HIMALAYA MICROPOEMS (Satis Shroff)

Sudden monsoon rain
Soaks the mountainside
A landslide causes screams of agony.

* * *

Baptism of monsoon
A landslide washed the road away
Groping and cursing uphill as a child.

* * *
The large ice chunks leap
Crash upon the fragile tents
The base camp's a crevice.
* * *
Snow in my tent
Earthquake
Tremor in my heart

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HIMALAYA MICROPOEMS (Satis Shroff)

It's April
The air is getting thinner
Avalanche growls.

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The Alsatian's muzzle
Sniffs and buries deep
A hand is uncovered.
* * *
The black cat prowls at night
A long day of napping
Lied ahead in Namchebazaar.

* * *
Beneath my tree's sombrero
I sit and sip
My cuppa Darjeeling